Lesson 3- You Got The Right

This week students will be looking at the Bill of Rights and learning how our rights have changed over time.  The essential questions this week will be "How do governments develop and evolve over time?" and we will using the following supporting questions to help guide us:

1. "What rights and freedoms does the Bill of Rights protect and why are they important? " 

Throughout the week will read about and debate the Bill of Rights about Supreme Court Cases.   We will be taking the end of the week quiz on Friday.  Homework can be found on the RTI document and on the 8th Grade Assignment Notebook..  Students will be split into different groups based on the needs of the students.  .   It is due at the end of the week.

Homework- All will complete  Icivics Do I have the Right and One of the following: 

1. Bill of Rights questions-GC

2. Student Cam Video

3. Review for Make up Test

The two standards covered:

SS.PS3.c.m Analyze the structure, functions, powers, and limitations of government at the local, state, tribal, and federal levels

SS.PS2.a.m Analyze the scope and limits of individual protections found in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Describe the evolution of rights over time including key laws, constitutional changes, and court decisions that contributed to these developments. Predict how collective action movements work to extend equal rights to groups and individuals.

2 extra days

This week, our class will engage in a two-day lesson exploring the structure and function of government at different levels—local, state, and federal. Students will learn how these levels of government are organized, their specific responsibilities, and the limitations they face in exercising their authority. We’ll also discuss the laws making process.

Our goals for this lesson are to help students:

• Understand the framework of government and its checks and balances.

• Identify the powers and limits of different levels of government.

Students will complete an icivics, 4 definitions, and a really short test showing they learned something.  

Students will learn the laws making process.

2. How are different levels of government are set up , what they do, what they can do , and what things restrict them from doing everything they want?

3.  How has the Constitution and our Civil Liberties changed over time?  

Standards

• SS.PS2.a.m Analyze the scope and limits of individual protections found in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Describe the evolution of rights over time including key laws, constitutional changes, and court decisions that contributed to these developments. Predict how collective action movements work to extend equal rights to groups and individuals.

• SS.PS1.a.m Investigate the components of responsible citizenship. Summarize the importance of rule of law. 

• SS.PS1.b.m Hypothesize and defend why a specific historically significant person’s contribution to the development of the political culture of the United States was important. Investigate how principles expressed in the Declaration of Independence, Constitution (including the Preamble and the Bill of Rights) have been applied throughout United States history, including how they may have evolved over time. Assess specific protections to individuals outlined in the Wisconsin Constitution and what they mean to local communities and regions of the state. 

• SS.PS3.c.m Analyze the structure, functions, powers, and limitations of government at the local, state, tribal, and federal levels. 

• SS.PS3.d.m Analyze how governments address and solve problems through the public policy process. 

• SS.PS4.a.m Assemble an argument utilizing multiple sources of information.

• SS.Hist2.a.m: Explain patterns of continuity over time in the community, the state, the United States, and the world. 

• SS.Hist2.b.m: Explain patterns of change over time in the community, the state, the United States, and the world.